The netfilter.org "libnftnl" project

What is libnftnl?

libnftnl is a userspace
library providing a low-level netlink programming interface (API) to the
in-kernel nf_tables subsystem. The library libnftnl
has been previously known as libnftables.
This library is currently used by nftables.

Dependencies

libnftnl requires libmnl and a kernel that includes the nf_tables subsystem (initial support >= 3.14).